Country reference
- Country codes
- BD / BGD · M49 050
- Browsing region
- Asia
- Language options to specify
- Bangla, English
- UN statistical subregion
- Southern Asia
For Bangladesh public television, ask for BTV, BTV News or BTV Chattogram explicitly. BTV's milestones record BTV World closing and BTV News starting on 31 December 2024. Treat a World label as a legacy identity requiring confirmation rather than evidence of the current channel.
Check a legacy World label before accepting it
The broadcaster's own milestones describe the BTV World to BTV News change. Its live directory now lists BTV, BTV News and BTV Chattogram. An older playlist or app listing may preserve World in a name or path without explaining what currently plays.
Ask support to identify the supplied service by its current on-screen branding and programme. Do not assume that a renamed entry represents the former international schedule, or that a news channel will carry the same drama and cultural programmes as BTV's general service.
Chattogram is a meaningful selection
If the purpose is local coverage from Chattogram, retain that location in the request. A national bulletin may discuss the city yet still be a different programme from the station's own edition. Give a recognisable programme title, presenter or original broadcast date when checking a replay.
Bangla audio, English news and English subtitles are different requirements. An English menu does not establish an English bulletin. For parliamentary viewing, ask about the parliamentary television service separately rather than treating it as another name for BTV News.
Keep the Dhaka broadcast date with the request
Asia/Dhaka is this directory's reference location. Viewers abroad should include their own city and the Bangladesh broadcast date, particularly for late-evening programmes. If a guide is displaced, compare the actual bulletin with the displayed title before applying a manual offset.
- Choose BTV general, News or Chattogram.
- Flag any BTV World label for current identity confirmation.
- Name the programme, spoken language and caption need.
- Use the trial to check the intended bulletin or episode, not an unrelated channel.
Time-zone reference locations
Asia/Dhaka
Use the location relevant to the viewer and the event date. IANA reference locations are not a count of distinct current offsets; do not apply one fixed offset to the whole country.